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Related Party Transactions (Details) (USD $) | 11 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
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Nov. 29, 2013 sqft | Dec. 31, 2014 Installment | Dec. 31, 2013 | Aug. 31, 2011 EquityMethodInvestee
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Related party notes receivable - long term |  | $ 1,704,000 us-gaap_NotesReceivableRelatedPartiesNoncurrent | $ 1,715,000 us-gaap_NotesReceivableRelatedPartiesNoncurrent |
Accrued liabilities |  | 7,634,000 us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent | 7,286,000 us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent |
Accounts payable |  | 7,137,000 us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent | 8,140,000 us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent |
Area of leased property (in square feet) | 19,467 us-gaap_AreaOfRealEstateProperty |  |  |
Lease term | 7 years |  |  |
Principal and interest on loan |  | 171,000 us-gaap_NotesReceivableRelatedPartiesCurrent | 0 us-gaap_NotesReceivableRelatedPartiesCurrent |
Beijing JiYa Semiconductor Material Co Ltd [Member] |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Amount of loan under note agreement |  |  |  | 1,700,000 axti_NonInterestBearingLoanToEquityMethodInvesteeFaceValue / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = axti_BeijingJiyaSemiconductorMaterialCoLtdMember
Number of equity method investees to whom loan was granted |  |  |  | 1 axti_NumberOfEquityInvestmentEntities / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = axti_BeijingJiyaSemiconductorMaterialCoLtdMember
Maturity date |  | Dec. 31, 2016 |  |
Term of Loan |  | 2 years 10 months |  |
Number of installments |  | 3 axti_NumberOfInstallmentsOfLoanReceivable / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = axti_BeijingJiyaSemiconductorMaterialCoLtdMember |  |
Related party notes receivable - long term |  | 1,700,000 us-gaap_NotesReceivableRelatedPartiesNoncurrent / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = axti_BeijingJiyaSemiconductorMaterialCoLtdMember | 1,700,000 us-gaap_NotesReceivableRelatedPartiesNoncurrent / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = axti_BeijingJiyaSemiconductorMaterialCoLtdMember |
Income from agency sales |  | 0 axti_RelatedPartyTransactionIncomeFromAgencySales / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = axti_BeijingJiyaSemiconductorMaterialCoLtdMember | 23,000 axti_RelatedPartyTransactionIncomeFromAgencySales / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = axti_BeijingJiyaSemiconductorMaterialCoLtdMember |
Accrued liabilities |  | 0 us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = axti_BeijingJiyaSemiconductorMaterialCoLtdMember | 0 us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = axti_BeijingJiyaSemiconductorMaterialCoLtdMember |
Accounts payable |  | 1,800,000 us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = axti_BeijingJiyaSemiconductorMaterialCoLtdMember | 1,500,000 us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = axti_BeijingJiyaSemiconductorMaterialCoLtdMember |
Nanjing Jin Mei Gallium Co Ltd [Member] |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Income from agency sales |  | 20,000 axti_RelatedPartyTransactionIncomeFromAgencySales / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = axti_NanjingJinMeiGalliumCoLtdMember | 128,000 axti_RelatedPartyTransactionIncomeFromAgencySales / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = axti_NanjingJinMeiGalliumCoLtdMember |
Beijing Tongmei Xtal Technology [Member] |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Number of equity method investees to whom loan was granted |  | 1 axti_NumberOfEquityInvestmentEntities / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = axti_BeijingTongmeiXtalTechnologyMember |  |
Accounts payable |  | 513,000 us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = axti_BeijingTongmeiXtalTechnologyMember | 0 us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = axti_BeijingTongmeiXtalTechnologyMember |
Area of leased property (in square feet) |  | 22,081 us-gaap_AreaOfRealEstateProperty / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = axti_BeijingTongmeiXtalTechnologyMember |  |
Lease term |  | 10 years |  |
Annual lease payment |  | 24,000 axti_AnnualLeasePayment / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = axti_BeijingTongmeiXtalTechnologyMember |  |
Increase in annual lease payment at each third year anniversary (in hundredths) |  | 5.00%axti_PercentageOfIncreaseInAnnualLeasePaymentAtEachThirdYearAnniversary / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = axti_BeijingTongmeiXtalTechnologyMember |  |
Payments to purchase materials |  | 120,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireOtherProductiveAssets / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = axti_BeijingTongmeiXtalTechnologyMember |  |
Additional loan paid to related party |  | 49,000 axti_AdditionalLoanPaidToRelatedParty / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = axti_BeijingTongmeiXtalTechnologyMember |  |
Interest on loan (in hundredths) |  | 6.15%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = axti_BeijingTongmeiXtalTechnologyMember |  |
Principal and interest on loan |  | $ 171,000 us-gaap_NotesReceivableRelatedPartiesCurrent / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = axti_BeijingTongmeiXtalTechnologyMember |  |

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